fearlessly

, audaciter

boldly, proudly, fearlessly.

audĕo, ausus, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.:

ausit,

Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.:

* ausint,

Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.

With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.):

Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so,

ut pessimum facinus auderent,

Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16:

ausum talia deposcunt,

Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244:

capitalem fraudem ausi,

Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5:

erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,

id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69;

4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,

Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.:

multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,

Liv. 39, 8 fin.:

auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,

Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

agenda res est audendaque,

Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.:

patroni necem,

Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus, a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin. —

With inf. (the usual constr.;

freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23:

Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?

do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40:

commovere me miser non audeo,

I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65:

nil jam muttire audeo,

id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,

Lucr. 5, 196:

auderent credere gentes,

id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072:

Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

imperatorem deposcere,

id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = tolmô legein, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.:

qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,

Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3:

quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,

Cat. 81, 6:

refrenare licentiam,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 28:

vana contemnere,

Liv. 9, 17, 9:

mensuram prodere ausos,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.:

non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,

Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—

With quin:

ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—

With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. epi tinas), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. en ô), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—

Absol.:

(Romani) audendo... magni facti,

Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.):

Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,

Liv. 21, 40, 7:

in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,

Tac. Agr. 15 fin.:

duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,

id. H. 4, 49:

auctor ego audendi,

Verg. A. 12, 159:

Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context:

hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,

audens, entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense ( poet. or in post-Aug prose):

tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

Verg. A. 6, 95:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782:

spes audentior,

Val. Fl. 4, 284:

nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.— Adv.: audenter, boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin. — Comp.:

audentius jam onerat Sejanum,

Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40:

circumsistere,

id. H. 2, 78:

inrupere,

id. ib. 1, 79:

agere fortius et audentius,

id. Or 18.— Sup prob not in use.—

ausus, a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum, i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise ( poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.):

At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,

Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351:

fortia ausa,

id. ib. 9, 281:

ingentibus annuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368:

ausum improbum,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.

fīdo, fīsus sum (ante-class. form of the fut. fidebo, Nov. ap. Non. 509, 4), 3, v. n. [root in Sanscr. bandh, unite; Gr. peithô, persuade, peisma, cable; Lat. fidus, Deus Fidius, foedus; cf.: fascis, fascia; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 262; but Fick refers fido to root bhidh; Goth. beidan; Engl. bide, to expect; Vergl. Wört. p. 380], to trust, confide, put confidence in, rely upon a person or thing (rare; in the verb. finit. mostly poet.; but class. in the part. praes. and P. a.).

With dat.:

fidere nocti,

Verg. A. 9, 378:

fugae fidens,

id. ib. 11, 351:

pestilentiae fidens (with societate fretus),

Liv. 8, 22, 7:

taedae non bene fisa,

Ov. M. 15, 827:

qui sibi fidit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 22; id. S. 2, 2, 108:

puer bene sibi fidens,

Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4.—

With abl.: hac (Cynosurā) fidunt duce nocturnā Phoenices in alto, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 106; id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

arcu fisi Getae,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 78:

cursu,

id. M. 7, 545:

ope equinā,

id. ib. 9, 125:

pecuniā,

Nep. Lys. 3 fin.:

prudentiā consilioque fidens,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81.—Doubtful, whether dat. or abl. (v. Zumpt, Gr. § 413; cf.

confido): nec nitido fidit adultero,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 20:

pictis puppibus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 15:

(Jugurtham) Mario parum fidere,

Sall. J. 112, 2:

ingenio,

Quint. 10, 7, 18; cf.:

ingenio suo,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13 fin.:

suis rebus,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2.—

With inf.:

fidis enim manare poëtica mella Te solum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44; Sil. 1, 432:

parum fidens pedibus contingere matrem,

Luc. 4, 615:

fisus cuncta sibi cessura pericula, Caesar,

id. 5, 577.—

Absol.: ubi fidentem fraudaveris, i. e. who trusts (you), Plaut. As. 3, 2, 15.—Hence, fīdens, entis, P.a. (lit., trusting to one's self, self-confident; hence), confident, courageous, bold:

qui fortis est, idem est fidens, qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit: discrepat enim a timendo confidere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:

fidenti animo gradietur ad mortem,

id. ib. 1, 46, 110; cf.:

tum Calchas haec est fidenti voce locutus, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: fidens animi,

Verg. A. 2, 61; Tac. A. 4, 59 fin.; so,

fidens armorum,

Luc. 9, 373.— Comp.:

Romanus, fidentior,

Amm. 16, 12 al. — Sup.: fidentissimo [p. 748] impetu acies motae, Amm. 27, 10, 12.— Adv.: fīdenter, confidently, fearlessly, boldly:

timide fortasse signifer evellebat, quod fidenter infixerat,

Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67:

agere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 24:

confirmare,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 240; cf. id. N. D. 1, 8, 18.— Comp.:

paulo vellem fidentius te illi respondisse,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 21.— Sup.:

accedere fidentissime,

Amm. 17, 1, 9; August. Ver. Rel. 3.

ōtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [otium], at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle (class.; cf. feriatus, immunis; opp. negotiosus).

Of persons.

In gen.:

nimis otiosum te arbitror hominem esse,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34; 40:

quamvis etiam maneo otiosus hic,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 15:

cum essem otiosus domi,

Cic. Brut. 3, 10:

rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficere,

id. N. D. 3, 39, 93.—

In partic.

Without official employment, free from public affairs:

quo in studio hominum quoque ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219:

quem locum nos otiosi convertimus,

in an interval of leisure, id. Div. 2, 30, 63:

Graeculum se atque otiosum putari maluit,

id. Sest. 51, 110: numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus, that he was never less at leisure than when [p. 1285] free from official business, Cato ap. Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1:

cum a te tua promissa flagitabam, ad urbem te otiosissimum esse arbitrabar,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3:

cum otiosus stilum prehenderat,

id. Brut. 24, 93.—

With respect to participation, quiet, unconcerned, indifferent, neutral:

spectatores otiosi Leuctricae calamitatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26:

quidam enim non modo armatis, sed etiam otiosis minabantur,

id. Marcell. 6, 18.—

Without excitement, quiet, passionless, calm, tranquil:

etiam istos, quibus odio est otium, quietissimos atque otiosissimos reddam,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102:

vide ut otiosus it,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3.—

Of style, tedious, dull:

(Cicero) lentus est in principiis, longus in narrationibus, otiosus circa excessus,

Tac. Or. 22.—

That has leisure for any thing; with gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,

Subst.: ōtĭōsus, i, m., a private person, one not in official life:

et facilior et tutior vita est otiosorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 70:

otioso vero et nihil agenti privato,... quando imperium senatus dedit?

id. Phil. 11, 8, 20.—

Non-combatants, civilians:

crudeliter enim otiosis minabantur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi):

militare nomen grave inter otiosos,

Tac. Agr. 40.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, at leisure, free, idle, unemployed: otioso in otio animus nescit, quid velit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 256 Vahl.):

ego, cui fuerit ne otium quidem umquam otiosum,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66: pecuniae, idle, unemployed (opp. occupatus), Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:

senectus,

Cic. Sen. 14, 49:

his supplicationum otiosis diebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:

quid quiete otiosius animi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4.—

Transf.

Idle, useless, unprofitable, superfluous (cf.:

ignavus, iners, desidiosus): sententiae,

Quint. 1, 1, 35:

sermo,

id. 8, 2, 19:

otiosissimae occupationes,

Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 4; so,

otiosum est persequi singula,

Lact. 2, 4, 28; cf. Min. Fel. 23, 1.—

Quiet, free from any thing; with ab:

animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:

ab animo,

id. Phorm. 2, 2, 26:

a metu,

Gell. 2, 29, 9:

quid est animi quiete otiosius,

Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 2.—

With a quiet or gentle motion, quiet, gentle:

fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus,

flowing quietly, gently, Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.

Lit., at leisure, at ease, without occupation:

vivere,

Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97:

inambulare in foro,

Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

sequi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 8:

ire,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 21:

magnast res, quam ego tecum otiose, si otiumst, cupio loqui,

id. Aul. 4, 10, 41.—

Transf.

Calmly, quietly, without haste, gently, gradually: ambula ergo cito. Sy. Immo otiose, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 14; cf. id. Truc. 1, 2, 66 (opp. to properare):

bene et otiose percoquere,

Cato, R. R. 76 fin.:

contemplari unumquodque otiose et considerare coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

quaerere,

id. Fin. 4, 13, 22:

segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere,

Liv. 2, 57.—

Free from fear, quietly, fearlessly:

ademptum tibi jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis otiose ut dormias,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.

sē-cūrus, a, um, adj. [se = sine and cura], i. q. non or nibil curans, free from care, careless, unconcerned, untroubled, fearless, quiet, easy, composed.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.; cf. tutus); constr. absol., with de, ab, gen., or a rel.-clause:

ut, meis ab tergo tutis, securus bellum Nabidi inferam,

Liv. 31, 25:

securus solutusque,

id. 25, 39;

(with otiosus),

Quint. 5, 13, 59:

securus Hermippus Temnum proficiscitur,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

sine militis usu Mollia securae peragebant otia gentes,

Ov. M. 1, 100; 11, 423; 12, 129:

non secura quidem, fausto tamen omine laeta Mater abit templo,

id. ib. 9, 784; cf.:

a non securo Eumene,

Liv. 45, 19:

Ceres natā secura receptā,

easy now that she had found, Ov. M. 5, 572; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 77 (v. infra, b.):

de linguā Latinā securi es animi,

Cic. Att. 12, 52 fin.:

de bello Romano,

Liv. 36, 41:

de facilitate credentis,

Tac. A. 16, 2: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; so,

ab hac parte,

Suet. Tib. 11.— Comp.:

securior ab Samnitibus,

Liv. 9, 22:

Romani securi pro salute de gloriā certabant,

Tac. Agr. 26:

aut pro vobis sollicitior, aut pro me securior,

id. H. 4, 58.— With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ne sis secura futuri,

Ov. M. 6, 137; so, suis ( gen. of sus), id. ib. 7, 435:

extremi sepulcri,

Stat. Th. 12, 781:

pelagi atque mei,

unconcerned about, Verg. A. 7, 304:

amorum germanae,

id. ib. 1, 350;

10, 326: poenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 17:

tam parvae observationis (Cicero),

Quint. 8, 3, 51:

odii,

Tac. Agr. 43:

potentiae,

id. A. 3, 28:

nec securam incrementi sui patiebatur esse Italiam,

Vell. 2, 109, 4:

qui (motus) Campaniam numquam securam hujus mali...vastavit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 2:

quem (rogum) uxoria pietas mortis secura conscendit,

Val. Max. 2, 6, ext. 14:

his persuadet, ut securo fugae suae Eumeni superveniant,

Just. 13, 8, 5:

periculi,

Curt. 5, 10, 15:

discurrunt securi casus ejus, qui supervenit ignaris,

id. 9, 9, 8 (v. infra, b.). —With rel.-clause:

gestit nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; id. S. 2, 4, 50 (opp. laboret); id. C. 1, 26, 6.— With ne and subj.:

ne quis etiam errore labatur vestrum quoque, non sum securus,

Liv. 39, 16, 6.—

Of inanim. things.

Free from care, untroubled, tranquil, serene, cheerful, bright ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

deos securum agere aevum,

Lucr. 5, 82; 6, 58; Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

quies (leti),

Lucr. 3, 211; 3, 939:

otia,

Verg. G. 3, 376:

dies,

Tib. 3, 4, 54:

merum,

id. 2, 1, 46:

mensa,

id. 3, 6, 30:

convivia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26:

artus (Herculis),

Ov. M. 9, 240:

gaudia nato recepto,

id. ib. 7, 455:

summa malorum,

careless, id. ib. 14, 490:

olus,

i.e. of the careless idler, Hor. S. 2, 7, 30 et saep.; Quint. 10, 5, 8:

causae,

id. 11, 3, 151:

vox securae claritatis,

id. 11, 3, 64:

tempus securius,

more free from care, id. 12, 1, 20; cf.:

securior materia,

Tac. H. 1, 1 et saep.:

securos ab eo metu somnos,

Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 149. —With gen.:

vota secura repulsae,

safe against, Ov. M. 12, 199.—

Poet., that frees from care or anxiety:

latices,

Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).—

In a bad sense, careless, reckless, heedless, negligent (post-Aug. and very rare):

reus,

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 2, 55; 11, 3, 3.—Of abstract things: castrensis jurisdictio, easy, off-hand (shortly after, opp. gravis, intentus), Tac. Agr. 9:

luxus,

id. A. 3, 54.—

Transf., object., of a thing or place, free from danger, safe, secure (not till after the Aug. period, and rare for the class. tutus):

hostis levis et velox et repentinus, qui nullum usquam tempus, nullum locum quietum aut securum esse sineret,

Liv. 39, 1:

domus,

Plin. Pan. 62, 7:

Tripolim securissimam reddidit,

Spart. Sev. 18:

securiorem,

Tac. Or. 3:

quorum (hominum) ea natura est, ut secura velint,

safety, security, id. ib. 37 fin. —With gen.:

subitā inundatione Tiberis non modo jacentia et plana urbis loca sed secura ejusmodi casuum implevit,

secure from such accidents, Tac. H. 1, 86.— Adv., in two forms,

sē-cūrē.

(Acc. to I.) Carelessly, heedlessly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, quietly (not ante-Aug.):

lente ac secure aliquid ferre,

Suet. Ner. 40; Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 3 (with neglegenter); Vell. 2, 129, 3; Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. al.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 18, 8.—

(Acc. to II.) Safely, securely, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6.—

sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.

sē-cūrus, a, um, adj. [se = sine and cura], i. q. non or nibil curans, free from care, careless, unconcerned, untroubled, fearless, quiet, easy, composed.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.; cf. tutus); constr. absol., with de, ab, gen., or a rel.-clause:

ut, meis ab tergo tutis, securus bellum Nabidi inferam,

Liv. 31, 25:

securus solutusque,

id. 25, 39;

(with otiosus),

Quint. 5, 13, 59:

securus Hermippus Temnum proficiscitur,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

sine militis usu Mollia securae peragebant otia gentes,

Ov. M. 1, 100; 11, 423; 12, 129:

non secura quidem, fausto tamen omine laeta Mater abit templo,

id. ib. 9, 784; cf.:

a non securo Eumene,

Liv. 45, 19:

Ceres natā secura receptā,

easy now that she had found, Ov. M. 5, 572; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 77 (v. infra, b.):

de linguā Latinā securi es animi,

Cic. Att. 12, 52 fin.:

de bello Romano,

Liv. 36, 41:

de facilitate credentis,

Tac. A. 16, 2: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; so,

ab hac parte,

Suet. Tib. 11.— Comp.:

securior ab Samnitibus,

Liv. 9, 22:

Romani securi pro salute de gloriā certabant,

Tac. Agr. 26:

aut pro vobis sollicitior, aut pro me securior,

id. H. 4, 58.— With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ne sis secura futuri,

Ov. M. 6, 137; so, suis ( gen. of sus), id. ib. 7, 435:

extremi sepulcri,

Stat. Th. 12, 781:

pelagi atque mei,

unconcerned about, Verg. A. 7, 304:

amorum germanae,

id. ib. 1, 350;

10, 326: poenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 17:

tam parvae observationis (Cicero),

Quint. 8, 3, 51:

odii,

Tac. Agr. 43:

potentiae,

id. A. 3, 28:

nec securam incrementi sui patiebatur esse Italiam,

Vell. 2, 109, 4:

qui (motus) Campaniam numquam securam hujus mali...vastavit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 2:

quem (rogum) uxoria pietas mortis secura conscendit,

Val. Max. 2, 6, ext. 14:

his persuadet, ut securo fugae suae Eumeni superveniant,

Just. 13, 8, 5:

periculi,

Curt. 5, 10, 15:

discurrunt securi casus ejus, qui supervenit ignaris,

id. 9, 9, 8 (v. infra, b.). —With rel.-clause:

gestit nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; id. S. 2, 4, 50 (opp. laboret); id. C. 1, 26, 6.— With ne and subj.:

ne quis etiam errore labatur vestrum quoque, non sum securus,

Liv. 39, 16, 6.—

Of inanim. things.

Free from care, untroubled, tranquil, serene, cheerful, bright ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

deos securum agere aevum,

Lucr. 5, 82; 6, 58; Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

quies (leti),

Lucr. 3, 211; 3, 939:

otia,

Verg. G. 3, 376:

dies,

Tib. 3, 4, 54:

merum,

id. 2, 1, 46:

mensa,

id. 3, 6, 30:

convivia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26:

artus (Herculis),

Ov. M. 9, 240:

gaudia nato recepto,

id. ib. 7, 455:

summa malorum,

careless, id. ib. 14, 490:

olus,

i.e. of the careless idler, Hor. S. 2, 7, 30 et saep.; Quint. 10, 5, 8:

causae,

id. 11, 3, 151:

vox securae claritatis,

id. 11, 3, 64:

tempus securius,

more free from care, id. 12, 1, 20; cf.:

securior materia,

Tac. H. 1, 1 et saep.:

securos ab eo metu somnos,

Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 149. —With gen.:

vota secura repulsae,

safe against, Ov. M. 12, 199.—

Poet., that frees from care or anxiety:

latices,

Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).—

In a bad sense, careless, reckless, heedless, negligent (post-Aug. and very rare):

reus,

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 2, 55; 11, 3, 3.—Of abstract things: castrensis jurisdictio, easy, off-hand (shortly after, opp. gravis, intentus), Tac. Agr. 9:

luxus,

id. A. 3, 54.—

Transf., object., of a thing or place, free from danger, safe, secure (not till after the Aug. period, and rare for the class. tutus):

hostis levis et velox et repentinus, qui nullum usquam tempus, nullum locum quietum aut securum esse sineret,

Liv. 39, 1:

domus,

Plin. Pan. 62, 7:

Tripolim securissimam reddidit,

Spart. Sev. 18:

securiorem,

Tac. Or. 3:

quorum (hominum) ea natura est, ut secura velint,

safety, security, id. ib. 37 fin. —With gen.:

subitā inundatione Tiberis non modo jacentia et plana urbis loca sed secura ejusmodi casuum implevit,

secure from such accidents, Tac. H. 1, 86.— Adv., in two forms,

sē-cūrē.

(Acc. to I.) Carelessly, heedlessly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, quietly (not ante-Aug.):

lente ac secure aliquid ferre,

Suet. Ner. 40; Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 3 (with neglegenter); Vell. 2, 129, 3; Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. al.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 18, 8.—

(Acc. to II.) Safely, securely, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6.—

sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.